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In many ways we learn to walk straight to bend with your torso upright and so on. Some arts teach you to move from the center line which is the line from the chin to your groin but rarely the true center is discussed or harnessed. Start working any drill with pairs wrestling hitting or…
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The body works as we move it. Our idea becomes movement and our input decides the amount of resistance we have for the work. Begin standing with your feet under you. Relax from the hips down and place your fists on the ground beside your legs. Move your body from your hips to place the…
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Have a partner holding a long screw push and pull on you first using the flat end and your work is twofold. First keep breathing and avoid matching your breathing to external stimulus. Second don’t move away from the pressure but move a part of you that is not under pressure toward your partner or…
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Start counting leaves of a bush or a tree of any other natural thing such as rocks and lines in the ground. Keep breathing and have your partner walk freely behind you and from time to time he will push you or attack you in any way he or she wants. Act naturally to distinguish…
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The first movement is key. Without it there is no second. The trouble with success is that it seduces the ego to think you have found the way and if you pour more into that path success is bound to stay with you. One takes a hand in his and takes a step to the…
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One student is working to avoid being taken down or immobilized upright against two or more students who use hitting and grabbing and a fourth students walks around them with the goal to place his palm on the back of the head of the first student who wishes to avoid it. The fourth student learns…
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Each time we hold a class I arrive early to walk the ground. I watch for the growth of the trees and grasses. Mind the barren spots and clear out human garbage if it is lurking about. I watch for the angle of the sun in the sky and the movement of the clouds and…
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Place yourself on your hands and feet or fists and feet and with your partners decide on a destination from a tree to a patch of barren ground. Start going there moving your limbs from your body and your partner works with his legs to move you in the opposite direction. Change roles and repeat…
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Most of the time we are training to react. We memorize a response and couple it to a trigger and run the program in a loop. This takes a lot from our freedom and usually it is akin to trying to open all doors with the same key. Here is a simple drill to start…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 